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Manage your display options

You can customize Mattermost display options based on your preferences.

  • Using Mattermost in a web browser or the desktop app, select the gear icon Use the Settings icon to customize your Mattermost user experience. next to your profile picture, then go to Display.
  • On the Mattermost mobile app, tap your profile picture, and then tap Settings > Display.

Theme​

Select Theme to apply a different look and feel to Mattermost.

Select Theme Colors to select one of 5 standard themes designed by the Mattermost team. Or, select Custom Theme to customize a standard theme even further.

See the customize your theme documentation for more information.

Threaded discussions​

Threaded discussions offers an enhanced experience for users communicating in threads and replying to messages. Threaded discussions are generally available in Mattermost Cloud and from self-hosted Mattermost v7.0, and are enabled by default for all new Mattermost deployments.

Depending on how your system admin has configured threaded discussions for your workspace, it may already be enabled for you, or you may be able to enable this feature for your account. See our organize conversations using threaded discussions documentation to learn more about working with threaded discussions.

Select Threaded discussions > Edit to manage this option.

Clock display​

You can customize how time is displayed in Mattermost.

Select Clock Display > Edit to display time in Mattermost using a 12-hour or 24-hour convention.

Teammate name display​

You can customize how names are displayed in Mattermost unless your system admin has disabled your ability to do so.

Select Teammate Name Display > Edit to control how names are displayed in Mattermost. Options include: username, nickname (if it exists), or first and last name.

Show online availability on profile images​

You can show or hide availability on profile pictures in Mattermost.

Select Show online availability on profile images > Edit to show or hide availability in Mattermost.

Share last active time​

By default, Mattermost shows when you were last online in your profile and in direct message channel headers, unless your system admin has disabled this option.

Select Share last active time > Edit to show or hide when you were last online in Mattermost.

Timezone​

You can customize the timezone used for timestamps in Mattermost and in email notifications.

Select Timezone > Edit to select your timezone.

From Mattermost v10.10, you can also select Automatic to set your timezone automatically based on your computer's timezone settings. This option is enabled by default.

You can control whether website link previews in Mattermost show a preview of the website content directly below the message.

Select Website Link Previews > Edit to show or hide website previews in messages.

Default appearance of image previews​

When messages in Mattermost include images, you can control whether an image preview displays directly below the message for image attachments, image link previews, and in-line images over 100px in height.

Select Default Appearance of Image Previews > Edit to expand or collapse all image links and image attachments.

Message display​

You can control how messages in a channel are displayed.

Select Message Display > Edit to display standard or compact messages.

Click to open threads​

By default, Mattermost opens reply threads in the right pane when you select any part of a message. You can change this default behavior.

Select Click to open threads > Edit to disable the default behavior of opening reply threads in the right pane automatically. You'll need to select the replies count to open a reply thread.

Channel display​

You can control the width of the center channel area in Mattermost.

Select Channel Display > Edit to specify the center channel as fixed width and centered, or full width.

Quick reactions on messages​

By default, you can hover over messages to react using recently-used emojis. You can hide your recently-used emojis instead if preferred.

Select Quick reactions on messages > Edit to hide your recently-used emojis.

Render emoticons as emojis​

From Mattermost v10.10, you can choose whether to automatically convert text emoticons to emoji characters in your messages. This feature is enabled by default, so that text-based emoticons like :) or :D are displayed as their corresponding emoji images. Disable this auto-rendering if you prefer to keep emoticons as text.

Select Render emoticons as emojis > Edit to disable automatic conversion of emoticons to emojis in your messages.

Language​

You can control what language Mattermost displays in. Options include:

  • Deutsch - German
  • English (U.S.)
  • English Australian
  • Español - Spanish
  • Français - French
  • Italiano - Italian
  • Magyar - Hungarian
  • Nederlands - Dutch
  • Polski - Polish
  • Português (Brasil) - Portuguese
  • Română - Romanian
  • Svenska - Swedish
  • Tiếng Việt - Vietnamese
  • Türkçe - Turkish
  • български - Bulgarian
  • Pусский - Russian
  • Yкраїнська - Ukrainian
  • فارسی - Persian
  • 한국어 - Korean
  • 中文 (简体) - Simplified Chinese
  • 中文 (繁體) - Traditional Chinese
  • 日本語 - Japanese

Select Language > Edit to set the display language in Mattermost.